Although the Sony software works fine for it's own downloads, several other ebookstores that sell epub have problems if you don't install full ADE (not to mention, the Sony software can't deal with the new DRM from B&N). My mom's install decided to update last week and she lost the menus on the left side. She could open existing books, but not get into the store to get anything new. We had to do a complete uninstall, including manual directory removal, before a reinstall would "take" and restore the menus. I've had books from Random House AU and others that simply could not be downloaded with the sony software (nor would any error message be displayed that gave a clue as to the problem), but were fine once I reinstalled ADE (which fixed the associations that Sony stole during one of it's updates).
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